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THOMAS NEVISON, JR., OF MORGAN, OHIO.

Letters Patent 1Y0. 76,235, dated .Zlfarch 31, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT 'IN HOE SEED-DROPPER.

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TO A LL WHOM ITMAY OONCERN Be it known that I, THOMAS NEVISON, Jr., ofMorgan, in the county of Ashtabula, and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hoe Seed-Dropper; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and eonipletedescriptionof t'hesame, reference being,` had to the accompanying drawings, making apart-of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of theplanter.

Figure 2 is al vertieal'seetion.

Figure 3 is a detached sect-ion.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the views.

In iig. 1, A represents a hoe-handle, andB the hoe, which is of theordinary description. Surrounding and fixed to the handle is asleeve 'orshell, C, to which is attached a chamber, D. In the end of this chamberis fitted a slide, E, g. 3. This slide consists -oi` a. sleeve, in whichis iittcd a gauge-block, F, said block being Ina/lc to close the squareopening e, cut through the sleeve, as shown in iig. 3. G, iig. 2, is abrush, so arranged that, as the slide E moves iu and out of the chamber,it will brush upon it and over the opening a,-l`or n purpose hereaftershown. is a spring, one end of which is fixed to the chamber, and theother inserted in the end of' 'the slide, as'shown in the drawing. I isa sack, surrounding the handle. The lower end of said sack encloses` theend of the shell O,whe1'eas the other end is attached to Vand gatheredin around the handle, and thereto secured.

The practicaloperation of this machine is as follows: The seed-corn isput into the sack, from which it passes into and fills the chamber andshell C D. New, at the will of the operator, who holds the hoe in theposition shown in fig. 1, the grain is dropped through the opening a, onpulling .the slide E upward, by means of the string K, to which it isattached, and held in the hand,which is 'again brought back by thespring f.- This movement of-the sliderdraws it fromover the opening inthe chamber D,andthc grain drops through into the hill, the number ot'grz1ins to thc'hill being,r regulated 4by the block F-being pushedinto't-he slide or sleeve, so4 as to close the opening in the slccve,more or less, thus increasing or lessening its holding-capacity. Moregrain than the opcningr in the slide 'will hold is prevented frompassing out, by the brush G, above referred to,

'whicl1, as the'slidc or sleeve is drawn upward, brnshesover the hole,and thus prevents a surplus of grain from passing@` tllrou'gh. It alsokeeps the opening free from an accumulation of dust and waste, andthereby prevents any obstruction to the passing ont of the grain. i

The catch holds the gauge-hlocli F in any position necessary for thenumber of grains ,to be dropped, the distance ofthe holes c from eachother regulating the numberA This machine is 'certain in its operation,dropping equally cach tiuie the regulated amount ot' seed, simple inconstruction, and eesyto handle, and can be applied to any hoe in'commonuse, and removed from the same when not needed for planting.

This machine is applicable to the planting of other seeds than corn, byregulating the holding-capacity of the opening in the manner as. abovedescribed, I i

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The sack I, chamber D, attached to the hoe-handle A, in combination withthe sleeve E, gauge-block F,

brush G, and springf, substantially as and for-the purpose set forth.

THOMAS NEVISON, JR.

Witnesses:

W.. H. BURILID'GE, J. HOLMES.

